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prank 1

 (prăngk)
n.
A mischievous trick or practical joke.

[Origin unknown.]

prank 2

 (prăngk)
tr.v. pranked, prank·ing, pranks
To decorate or dress ostentatiously or gaudily: was pranked up in his best suit.

[From Middle English pranken, to show off, perhaps from Middle Dutch pronken (from pronk, show, display) and from Middle Low German prunken (from prank, display).]
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prank

(præŋk)
n
a mischievous trick or joke, esp one in which something is done rather than said
[C16: of unknown origin]
ˈprankish adj

prank

(præŋk)
vb
1. (tr) to dress or decorate showily or gaudily
2. (intr) to make an ostentatious display
[C16: from Middle Dutch pronken; related to German Prunk splendour, prangen to be in full splendour]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

prank1

(præŋk)

n.
a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
[1520–30; orig. uncertain]

prank2

(præŋk)

v.t.
1. to dress or adorn in an ostentatious manner.
v.i.
2. to make an ostentatious show or display.
[1540–50; akin to Dutch pronken to show off, strut, pronk show, finery, Middle Low German prank pomp]
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prank


Past participle: pranked
Gerund: pranking

Imperative
prank
prank
Present
I prank
you prank
he/she/it pranks
we prank
you prank
they prank
Preterite
I pranked
you pranked
he/she/it pranked
we pranked
you pranked
they pranked
Present Continuous
I am pranking
you are pranking
he/she/it is pranking
we are pranking
you are pranking
they are pranking
Present Perfect
I have pranked
you have pranked
he/she/it has pranked
we have pranked
you have pranked
they have pranked
Past Continuous
I was pranking
you were pranking
he/she/it was pranking
we were pranking
you were pranking
they were pranking
Past Perfect
I had pranked
you had pranked
he/she/it had pranked
we had pranked
you had pranked
they had pranked
Future
I will prank
you will prank
he/she/it will prank
we will prank
you will prank
they will prank
Future Perfect
I will have pranked
you will have pranked
he/she/it will have pranked
we will have pranked
you will have pranked
they will have pranked
Future Continuous
I will be pranking
you will be pranking
he/she/it will be pranking
we will be pranking
you will be pranking
they will be pranking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pranking
you have been pranking
he/she/it has been pranking
we have been pranking
you have been pranking
they have been pranking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pranking
you will have been pranking
he/she/it will have been pranking
we will have been pranking
you will have been pranking
they will have been pranking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pranking
you had been pranking
he/she/it had been pranking
we had been pranking
you had been pranking
they had been pranking
Conditional
I would prank
you would prank
he/she/it would prank
we would prank
you would prank
they would prank
Past Conditional
I would have pranked
you would have pranked
he/she/it would have pranked
we would have pranked
you would have pranked
they would have pranked
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.prank - acting like a clown or buffoonprank - acting like a clown or buffoon  
foolery, tomfoolery, lunacy, craziness, folly, indulgence - foolish or senseless behavior
schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik - (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us laugh"
2.prank - a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusementprank - a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"
dirty trick - an unkind or aggressive trick
practical joke - a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish)
Verb1.prank - dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking the lawn"
adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
2.prank - dress up showily; "He pranked himself out in his best clothes"
attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up, gussy up, overdress, prink, get up - put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

prank

noun trick, lark (informal), caper, frolic, escapade, practical joke, skylarking (informal), antic, jape a stupid schoolboy prank
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

prank 1

noun
A mischievous act:
Informal: shenanigan.
Slang: monkeyshine (often used in plural).

prank 2

verb
To dress in formal or special clothing:
Informal: trick out (or up).
Slang: doll up.
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Translations
حيلَه مُضْحِكَهمَزْحَة
kanadský žertíkžert
drengestregnummerpractical joke
kepponenelkeet
podvalapsina
prakkarastrik, hrekkur
戯れ
장난
draiskulībanerātnība
potegavščina
busstreck
การเล่นตลก
eşek şakasıkaba şakamuziplik
trò đùa

prank

[præŋk] Nbroma f
a student prankuna broma estudiantil
a childish prankuna travesura, una diablura
to play a prank on sbgastar una broma a algn
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

prank

[ˈpræŋk] nfarce f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

prank

nStreich m; (harmless also) → Ulk m; to play a prank on somebodyjdm einen Streich spielen; (harmless also) → einen Ulk mit jdm machen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

prank

[præŋk] nscherzetto, burla
a childish prank → una birichinata
to play a prank on sb → giocare un tiro a qn, fare uno scherzo a qn
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

prank

(prӕŋk) noun
a trick; a practical joke.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

prank

مَزْحَة kanadský žertík drengestreg Streich φάρσα travesura kepponen farce podvala beffa 戯れ 장난 streek rampestrek wybryk travessura шалость busstreck การเล่นตลก kaba şaka trò đùa 胡闹
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All this mad dashing and splashing of the waters of the big ocean, which the mischievous wind caused without any good reason whatever, resulted in a terrible storm, and a storm on the ocean is liable to cut many queer pranks and do a lot of damage.
You have played so many pranks that I am afraid you have had a hand in this."
Their mother, catching them at these pranks, began reminding them in Levin's presence of the trouble their mischief gave to the grown-up people, and that this trouble was all for their sake, and that if they smashed the cups they would have nothing to drink their tea out of, and that if they wasted the milk, they would have nothing to eat, and die of hunger.
All my life I have had an impulse to play such pranks, so that in the end I could not control it in myself.
Michel Ardan, always easy, dressed in thorough traveler's costume, leathern gaiters on his legs, pouch by his side, in loose velvet suit, cigar in mouth, was full of inexhaustible gayety, laughing, joking, playing pranks with J.
The field for the exhibition of her creative instinct was painfully small, and the only use she had made of it as yet was to leave eggs out of the corn bread one day and milk another, to see how it would turn out; to part Fanny's hair sometimes in the middle, sometimes on the right, and sometimes on the left side; and to play all sorts of fantastic pranks with the children, occasionally bringing them to the table as fictitious or historical characters found in her favorite books.
By my faith, master mine, the ills of others hang by a hair; every day I am discovering more and more how little I have to hope for from keeping company with your worship; for if this time you have allowed me to be drubbed, the next time, or a hundred times more, we'll have the blanketings of the other day over again, and all the other pranks which, if they have fallen on my shoulders now, will be thrown in my teeth by-and-by.
When inflamed by this fiery beverage, they cut all kinds of mad pranks and gambols, and sometimes burn all their clothes in their drunken bravadoes.
The fresh morning air and the cool flowing waters put both soul and body in a glow, and after a half-hour employed in this recreation, we sauntered back to the house--Tinor and Marheyo gathering dry sticks by the way for fire-wood; some of the young men laying the cocoanut trees under contribution as they passed beneath them; while Kory-Kory played his outlandish pranks for my particular diversion, and Fayaway and I, not arm in arm to be sure, but sometimes hand in hand, strolled along, with feelings of perfect charity for all the world, and especial good-will towards each other.
The weather was fine, and the wind was blowing from the right quarter; so that a good breakfast, seasoned with Joe's merry pranks, put them in high good-humor.
He told us at random of the attack on the windmills and the flocks of sheep, of the night in the valley of the fulling-mills with their trip-hammers, of the inn and the muleteers, of the tossing of Sancho in the blanket, of the island that was given him to govern, and of all the merry pranks at the duke's and duchess's, of the liberation of the galley-slaves, of the capture of Mambrino's helmet, and of Sancho's invention of the enchanted Dulcinea, and whatever else there was wonderful and delightful in the most wonderful and delightful book in the world.
After bowing before the King and Dorothy the Friskers began their pranks, and these were so comical that Dorothy laughed with real enjoyment.